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EP0065494A1
EP0065494A1 EP82830089A EP82830089A EP0065494A1 EP 0065494 A1 EP0065494 A1 EP 0065494A1 EP 82830089 A EP82830089 A EP 82830089A EP 82830089 A EP82830089 A EP 82830089A EP 0065494 A1 EP0065494 A1 EP 0065494A1
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
    • B62D35/00—Vehicle bodies characterised by streamlining
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B60—VEHICLES IN GENERAL
    • B60N—SEATS SPECIALLY ADAPTED FOR VEHICLES; VEHICLE PASSENGER ACCOMMODATION NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B60N2/00—Seats specially adapted for vehicles; Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles
    • B60N2/005—Arrangement or mounting of seats in vehicles, e.g. dismountable auxiliary seats
    • B60N2/01—Arrangement of seats relative to one another
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B62—LAND VEHICLES FOR TRAVELLING OTHERWISE THAN ON RAILS
    • B62D—MOTOR VEHICLES; TRAILERS
    • B62D31/00—Superstructures for passenger vehicles

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  • This invention relates to a motor vehicle particularly designed for passenger transport , in which the particular arrangement of the passengers and the particular configuration of the vehicle body, especially in its right sections, permit aero- dinamic advantages and therefore extraordinary performances to be obtained as compared with the conventional motor vehicles, particularly from the standpoint of fuel consumption reduction.
  • the nowadays manufactured vehicles have C values which, in case of vehicles for passenger transport, range generally from 0,3 to 0,45 whereas the main section A obviously changes according to the vehicle type, but it is clearly dictated by the need of accomodating in a comfortable manner both the driver and the passengers.
  • the latter condition in turn, (together with other factors of functional, dimensional and aesthetic nature) considerably affects the general profile of the vehicle and therefore the R a - value.
  • the latter in turn, affects the vehicle performances and particularly the fuel consumption which, as already speed said, increases as a function of the square and above a certain speed becomes a very decisive factor.
  • the main object of is this invention. to provide a mot.or vehicle for passenger transport, in which the passengers are located in such a manner thai, without giving up at all their comfort, but rather improving it with respect to the conventional vehicles, it is possible to impart to the vehicle a conformation enabling its main section to be reduced with respect to the conventioual motor vehicles having a comparable transport capacity, by conforming at the same time the vehicle so as to obtain a form factor C x , which is very low and practi- cally impossible to reach till now in commercial vehicles.
  • this is essentially obtained in a motor vehicle of the above-mentioned type, in that the passenger seats are separately disposed with respect to each other in a fish-bone geometry, i.e. inclined with respect to the longitudinal axis of the vehicle, so that the passenger shoulders and heads are disposed in close relationship to each other and in a compact arrangement near said longitudinal axis of the vehicle.
  • this particular passenger arrangement permits the provision of a vehicle, in which both the form factor and the right section are reduced, thereby obtaining a drag reduction to values which can amount to less than 1/3 of those presented by the vehicles nowadays available on the market.
  • driver 10 is located parallel to the vehicle longitudinal axis 14, preferably shifted at the left-hand thereof, while the passengers are located at the rear of the driver, on single seats oriented so as to assume a fish-bone geometry, with an inclination angle with respect to the longitudinal axis 14 rangins from 20° to 90°, the passengers being also preferably offset from each other in the same direction as the logitudinal axis 14.
  • the driver is located with his legs at and between the front wheels, whereas the passenger arrangement provides for accomodating the passenger feet within lateral spaces 16 recessed with respect to the compartment bottom 18 (Fig.3) and extending between the front and rear wheels, substantially aligned therewith.
  • the remarkable reduction in the main section A results from the fact that the five passenger heads are very close to the vertical logit.udinal center plane of the motor vehicle, so that the vehicle roof is narrow and the cross-section assumes a characteristic nearly triangular shape, with an inclination angl ⁇ of the upper portion of the passenger compartment sides to the vertical line 26 that is ⁇ 20°. Furthermore, the legs and feet of the four passengers are accomodated in both of the lateral bodies which contain and protect the necessary four wheels of the motor vehicle.
  • the motor vehicle can be therefore considered as comprised of three elements, i.e. the two lateral wheel covering bodies, which obviously are low in height, and a higher center body, the passenger compartment 20, which will accomodate the driver, the trunks of the four passengers and the engine section of the motor-vehicle.
  • the height difference between the two wheel covering bodies and the passenger compartment enables the latter to be conformed according to the most convenient streamline, thereby departing from the usual rectangular design of the nowadays used motor vehicles.
  • FIG. 4,5 and 6 An embodiment of a motor vehicle according to the invention is shown in Figures 4,5 and 6, where the streamline of the passenger compartment can be seen, which has high aerodynamic properties, and which, in order to improve this streamline, fully departs from the pair of wheel covering bodies 16 both at the front portion and at the tail portion of the motor vehicle.
  • the driver and passenger access can be provided by a suitable door for the driver and two larger doors located on the vehicle sides for the passengers, the latter doors being able to open like a "gull wing" (21 in Figure 3) so as to avoid the door opening causing a leakage of water into the vehicle when it is raining.
  • This average bottom surface is vertically spaced from the ground (with the vehicle in a travel attitude) by a length B, whereas it is vertically spaced from the vehicle top by a length A. Therefore the vehicle according to the invention has a ratio B/A corresponding at least to 0,15, preferably above 0,20 so as to assure the above stated aerodynamic properties.
  • the lateral bodies 16 are provided in the space between the front and rear wheels these will have a inner width of at least 25 cm in order to enable the acco- modation of the passenger feet, while the vertical distance n between the bottom of these bodies 16 and the average surface 24 is ⁇ 10 cm.
  • the above mentioned vehicle shape, at the bottom of the vehicle compartment is of course mainained in any right cross-section, which results in the need of providing particular driving elements for the transmission, as will be described thereafter in connection with Figures 7 and 8.
  • the smaller overall dimensions of the motor vehicle and the lower power engine permit a reduction of the total vehicle weight and therefore a further fuel consumption reduction to be obtained.
  • each axle shaft 30 is inclined and connected at the ends, through ball joints 32, on the one hand to the differential 28 and on the other hand to a driving system 34 housed within the wheel 22 and using f.i. gears meshing in a chain.
  • each axle shaft 30' In the tattler case ( Figure 8) each axle shaft 30', always provided with ball joints at the ends, transmits the motion to a gear 35 supported by a shaped support 38 for the wheel axle 40, which is driven by a gear 42 connected to the gear 36 through a chain 44.
  • This embodiment permits a logitudinal offset of the axes of wheels 22 and gear 36 to be obtained, which serves to a better use of the available space.
  • other solutions which will be apparent to those skilled in the art are possible and can be applied provided that the above mentioned condition of spacing the cumpart- ment bottom surface from the ground is fulflled.
  • the motor vehicle according to this invention provides for a further advantage as far as its stability is concerned. Tn fact, it is known that. the stability of a motor vehicle increases as the gauge increases, which gauge, in the nowadays used vehicles is approximat ely propor- tional. to the main section thereof. In the motor vehicle according to this invention this proportion is no longer valid and an increase in the gauge causes an increase in the main section, which is decidedly lower than that of the conventional motor vehicles. In fact, in the conventional motor vehicles the sectional shape of the passenger compartment is determined by the presence of the side by side arrangement of the passenger shoulders and therefore the tapering of the upper portion of the passenger compartment is limited to the short region in which the passenger head is located.
  • the passenger compartment can assume a shape nearly triangular in cross section, because its length can be suddenly reduced from region located at about the height of the passenger waist , since the space taken by the passenger shoulders is no longer a decisive factor.
  • the motor vehicle designated with 50 in Figures 9 and 10 is suitable to accomodate nine passengers, all in a comfortable position, and at the same time, in a compact arrangement.
  • this vehicle has unchanged front and rear portions, while the center portion is lengthened by a meter only in order to accomodate the further four passengers thereby assuming a length of 4,50 meters i.e. of the same order of magnitude as the middle-great five seater vehicles at present available on the market.
  • the motor vehicle designated with 5? in Figures 11 and 12 is instead a three-seater vehicle and has a length reduced to 3 meters only, with a width of 1,30 meters. While in the preceding case the main section is kept unchanged, in this case the main section is reduced to 1 square meter. As a result a drag reduction is obtained and due to a lower weight, this vehicle can cover a higher milenge/liter, thereby resulting in a lower fuel consumption.

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